In recent months I have seen much less of the behavior that inspired this editorial, but I have still seen some. The issue at hand is that during this past …
Opinion
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Giving Grace to Individuals on Death Row
A few weeks ago, I had the great fortune of living in an intentional community in Georgia called Jubilee Partners, and there I found a type of community that I …
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Create Intentional Community With Food
Jesus tells us that bread is his body. I think I experienced that for the first time while making challah for one of my classes earlier in the semester. It …
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Editorial: Nostalgia Hinders Sustainability
I am writing my senior thesis on humanity’s ecological and emotional relationship with the Earth, each other, and progress, using speculative fiction to get there. Think: science fiction about sustainability. …
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Editorial: The Simplicity of Making a List
As someone who is taking 15 credit hours and working 35 hours a week across three jobs both on campus and off, I occasionally find myself busy and overwhelmed with …
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Acknowledging Divorce Within Churches
From what I understand, the Bible is fairly explicit when speaking about divorce. The general rule that I have encountered within the church is that it is simply not allowed, …
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Finding a Balance Between Work and Play
Time is a valuable thing, and no one likes having it wasted. That is why it can be helpful to be aware of how one is spending it. How each …
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WCSC: Fitting in Self-care
A reccurring theme that has surfaced in our Servant Leadership class has been self-care. Self-care is any restorative practice that grounds us from hectic schedules or negative emotions. It is …
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Respecting a Person’s Worth After Death
Death is something we have probably all experienced. If we have not yet, we will. Regardless of our beliefs about death and life after death, it must be accepted that …
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Losing Ourselves in Normalized Shootings
“How can you read that?” one of my friends asked me the other day, as I was reading about the recent Florida school shooting. “I could never read that. Isn’t …